Here's me thinking I've got
nothing new to write about, to share with you (myself).
It's
not like Christmas didn't happen, or New
Years didn't happen- they did- they flew by in the blink of
an eye, and I actually really enjoyed myself.
In fact Ben and I also celebrated our 4 year anniversary too. With a trip to Winterwonderland- just so I can say we've started a tradition!
In fact Ben and I also celebrated our 4 year anniversary too. With a trip to Winterwonderland- just so I can say we've started a tradition!
I
haven't blogged in a while- not that I'm even sure anyone reads this. But I had
great ideas about this. I would be blogging on a weekly- fortnightly basis.
Posting about where we just visited, and what we just saw- something to read
through and remind myself of what we did where.
But,
and not sadly, London for us hasn't worked out how I would have
thought it would. I thought we would have travelled somewhere be it in the
UK or internationally at least once every 8 weeks.
Truth
of it is I hardly leave East London at all. I live in E1, I work in EC4 and I spend
all my spare hours between the two.
London has been so fun. We
have such good friends who seem more like family. We are out every weekend,
eating out, going to pubs, partying at our own place, and at friend’s places.
Were always at Bricklane Market on Sundays filling up on the best food. We have
a lot of fun.
Christmas was amazing, we
went to a pub for a yummy but totally ridiculously priced meal. I drank nothing
but Prosecco (and paid for it the next day!) and partied at a friends until the
wee hours. Something Christmas at home is never like because it’s all so family
heavy (something I love and miss) it was kind of refreshing, and we knew it was
the last orphans Christmas we would have.
New Years was the one of the
first times I hadn’t had anything planned so far in advance, and looked forward
to in months. We booked a table at Pub in the Park in London Fields and drank
there, with great friends. There were fireworks at midnight- not that I saw
them with all my New Years kissing! Ha.
Then we went to a friend’s
place and dances the night away. It’s always the unplanned nights that are the absolute
best!
Everything we do now is that
last time we ‘have this’ or ‘do this’ in London as home-time is looming. I am
doing the unimaginable, leaving London after getting a visa allowing me to
stay. I think everyone who wants to stay but can’t would hate me after reading
this.
Unfortunately for me,
unfortunately for Ben, and unfortunately for our travelling plans the time has
come for us to leave. Ben is 30 soon, and I am 27 not long after, and being
here is treading water, were not getting any closer to our 5 year goals and it’s
something I struggle with daily.
I know if we move home and
hate it we have the option to move back and that’s nice. But London is so
expensive, and so much like Neverland and I just don’t think I can continue to
burn the candles at both ends.
My goal now is to get home,
get a career that affords me to come back and see the place we’ve loved so
dearly for the last 2 and a bit years. I want us to come back and see the
places we missed seeing- and boy is that list long!
I want to be ticking off
life goals, and getting the travel goals ticked off as well. God knows London won’t
allow both.
We will always have London, we will always be back- that I know
it!
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| Winter Wonderland for our 4 years |
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| 3 year tradition! |
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| Girlies on Xmas day |
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| At the Canonbury with the girls |
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| Bit of a family shot |
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| Katie, Ben and I |
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| <3 |
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| New Years with Annie |
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| Classic bathroom shot |
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| Me and Shannon |
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| The morning of! |
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| New Year catch ups with my work girls |
